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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 4

New Zealand Regiment of Artillery.

The Honorable Colonel George Stoddart Whitmore,
C.M.G., N.Z.M., to be Colonel. Date of commis-
sion, 1st January, 1880.
JOHN BRYCE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officer :-

Pukekohe Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant William Wallace Wallis. Date of
resignation, 18th December, 1879.
JOHN BRYCE.

Appointment of Officer, New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointment:---
New Zealand Militia.
William Holden Webb, late H.M.'s 109th Regiment,
to be Captain.. Date of commission, 1st January,
1880.
JOHN BRYCE.

Appointment of Adjutant, Nelson District.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Captain William Holden Webb, N.Z.M.,
to be Adjutant of the Nelson District, from 1st
January, 1880.
JOHN BRYCE.

Services of Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of
The Wellington Naval Cadet Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 9th December, 1879.
JOHN BRYCE.

Authority to Census Superintendent Collectors to
Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
The SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTORS
under "The Census Act, 1877," a notification of
whose appointments appear in the Gazette of Tues-
day, the 13th instant, or whose appointments may be
hereafter notified in any subsequent Gazette, to frank
and receive, free from prepayment of postage, for a
period of four months from this date, letters and
packets addressed from or to them "On Business of
Agricultural Statistics only."
JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

Commissioner of Crown Lands appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HORACE BAKER, Esq.,

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land
District of Hawke's Bay, to act during the absence
of J. T. Tylee, Esq.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Immigration Officer and Commissioner appointed.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM PARKER, Esq.,
to be Immigration Officer and Immigration Commis-
sioner for the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay,
vice J. T. Tylee, who is absent on leave.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister for Immigration.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 15th January, 1880.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful
tenderers are published for general information.
R. OLIVER,
Minister for Public Works.

FOXTON-NEW PLYMOUTH RAILWAY.-----WAVERLEY
CONTRACT.
Accepted.
D. Wilkie, Wanganui
£ s. d.
12,429 4 0
Declined.
W. G. Bassett, Wanganui ... 15,681 0 0
Gibbs and Pinches, Wanganui ... 16,637 0 0
S. Brown, Wellington 18,041 0 0
E. Davis, Wellington 18,911 3 4

WELLINGTON-NAPIER RAILWAY.-MAKATOKO
CONTRACT.
Accepted.
D. Wilkie and J. Crawford, Wanganui
£ s. d.
2,020 19 9
Declined.
C. Baines, Kopua... 2,217 18 6
W. G. Bassett, Wanganui ... 2,592 0 0
A. Graham, Kopua 3,509 0 0

FOXTON-NEW PLYMOUTH RAILWAY.-MANGA-
WHERO CONTRACT.
Accepted.
W. G. Bassett, Wanganui ...
£ s. d.
9,950 0 0
Declined.
Downes and Proctor, Dunedin 10,932 15 8
Hursthouse and Berry, New Plymouth 11,630 0 0
Kirkpatrick and Fury, Wanganui 11,665 0 0
W. Blewden, Auckland 12,157 0 0
D. Wilkie, Waitotara (did not take up tender) 7,828 12 6

Notice to Mariners. No. 3 of 1880.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th January, 1880.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, is published
for general information.
H. A. ATKINSON.

GULF OF ST. VINCENT, PORT WAKEFIELD. —
ALTERATION OF LIGHT.

NOTICE is hereby given to masters of coasting vessels
and others that, on and after the 1st January, 1880,
a fixed white light (which will be visible in ordinary
weather at a distance of about five miles) will be
exhibited at Port Wakefield, instead of the red light
now in use.
R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
5th December, 1879.